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THE DAILY MOTIVATOR
Wednesday, August 16, 2006

In control
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There are things you can control and things you cannot control. If you focus too heavily on those things you cannot control, it can lead to an overwhelming amount of frustration and anxiety.

Choose instead to focus your thoughts and efforts on those things upon which you can have a positive influence. There are plenty of those things, and by giving your energy to them you can quickly and significantly improve the quality of your life.

Stop worrying so much about what others are doing wrong.
Instead, put your time and effort into discovering what you can do right, what you can do well, and in using your unique abilities to create excellence.

Whenever you feel yourself getting anxious or frustrated by something that’s beyond your control, stop and take a fresh look around. There’s something you can do, right then and there, that will make a positive difference in the world.

The more you make use of the positive power that you have, the stronger that power will grow. There is always something you can do, and it always beats complaining or worrying about those things you cannot do.

Do what you can, when you can, where you are, with what you have. You’ll find that it can make an enormous difference.

Ralph Marston

Quick Thought:

“The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” Psalm 27:1 (NKJ)

Mark 13:32-37

“But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. Take heed, keep on the alert; for you do not know when the appointed time is.”

“It is like a man, away on a journey, who upon leaving his house and putting his slaves in charge, assigning to each one his task, also commanded the doorkeeper to stay on the alert.”

“Therefore, be on the alert– for you do not know when the master of the house is coming, whether in the evening, at midnight, at cockcrowing, or in the morning- lest he come suddenly and find you asleep.”

“And what I (Jesus) say to you I say to all, ‘Be on the alert!’” Mark 13:32-37 (NAS)

John 8:21-27

“He (Jesus) said therefore again to them, “I go away, and you shall seek Me, and shall die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come.” Therefore the Jews were saying, “Surely He will not kill Himself, will He, since He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”

“And He was saying to them, “You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world. I said therefore to you, that you shall die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am you shall die in your sins.”

“And so they were saying to Him, “Who are You?” Jesus said to them, “What have I been saying to you from the beginning? I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you, but He who sent Me is true; and the things which I heard from Him, these I speak to the world.”

“They did not realize that He had been speaking to them about the Father.” John 8:21-27 (NAS)

Today’s Suggested Bible Reading

Read the Bible in a Year:

New Testament — Romans 8:18 - 8:39.
Old Testament — Psalms 37-38.